Digital Nomads: Living, Traveling, Winning

A NEW KIND OF ENTREPRENEUR —AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GENERATES RIDICULOUS REVENUES WHILE MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE— HAS POPPED UP THANKS TO THE INTERNET

Picture yourself traveling around the world as your own boss while discovering your favorite destinations. Did you do it? Well, such dream is the lifestyle of thousands of people who have grouped together under the name of digital nomads.

They have no fixed places of work, as they travel all around the world and enjoy dreamed locations. Still, they generate high revenues and do what they like the most but, what digital nomads stand for? What is the term origin? How would you become one?

The Origin

Thanks to the emergence of Internet and social networks, teleworking has become a fact. This is simply to perform your job duties remotely, either at home or anywhere else.

The information age has led us to discard concepts such as the mandatory presence in office as well as the idea of encouraging longer working hours to reach better goals.

The culture of results, opposite to that of investing time in vain, is gaining ground and certainly contributes to our welfare. Now, doors are open to a new lifestyle where you can do both, working while traveling.

Firstly, you need to embrace the concept that everyone is held accountable for their actions and acts accordingly. Secondly, you need to be ready to invest time and never give up in the efforts to become digital nomads.

Many of the jobs, as we know them so far, will disappear due to automation and tools. But new jobs — which do not imply being present at office and do bring in enormous sum of money as they are heavily specialized — will come up.

Thanks to Internet, you can generate passive incomes; that is to say, in an automated way by using different business models. You can be an online professor with tons of training courses in digital platforms; counsel online via Skype; author of self-help books in platforms like Amazon; or even coaching any team. All can generate revenues if you do it properly.

The Three Nomads

Several experts agree on the existence of three types of digital nomads. The first is the freelance nomad, who sells his/ her services by using Internet platforms; for instance, taking photos of places or products, writing texts like a ghost writer — written pieces are not signed by actual authors —, or do the bookkeeping in any business and whatnot.

The second is the entrepreneur. This is an individual who creates Info Products. That is, digital products — courses, videos, e-books, etc… — in which he or she shares his/her knowledge.

And finally, the nomads hired by someone else to work remotely.

What make them truly digital nomads are the facts that they travel the world and may stay abroad discovering heavenly locations while generating revenues.

Being digital nomads means being brave and changing your mindset. There is no doubt it is really attractive to do what we like while discovering the world. Digital nomads are tomorrow's workforce.